The marquee in front of the school read, "Homecoming Game Oct. 7". I knew that that meant that they were due an assembly and it would probably be today. Oh no! (In case you didn't know, I hate assemblies.)
When I checked in, the secretary said nothing. The lesson plans said nothing. I thought I had missed the thing until a student came in to "check in" to 1st period.
A check in is when a student comes up to me to tell me that he's not going to be in class because (insert reason here). I have to make sure to not mark him absent.
The student told me that he needed to help set up the assembly. Which meant there was an assembly. I called the secretary to confirm. She did, and she also told me that the 9th and 10th graders were to go 2nd period while the 11th and 12th graders were to go 3rd.
Now I knew why I didn't get any information about the assembly in the lesson plans. I had 12th graders 2nd period and 9th graders 3rd. I was going to get to miss the thing. I would have done a happy dance, but I had a room full of freshmen, and I never would live that down.
As 3rd period came in, they informed me that I was supposed to take them to the assembly. They told me their 2nd period teachers hadn't taken them and Mr. W. said that he would.
Yeah, right. Nice try.
I got class started. I passed out their assignment. Then, in passing, I asked a couple of them how the assembly was.
"Boring."
"It was okay."
"Wait. We haven't gone."
Uh huh. Sure.
Freshmen. Sigh.
Friday, October 7, 2011
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I bet the ones who were trying really hard were miffed at the ones who gave up the game! I don't think it ever would have occurred to me to try that in school.
ReplyDeleteOn the upside, assemblies get sub out of class. On the downside, they're pretty boring. And as you point out, the students think they can easily fool the sub and get out of class.
ReplyDeleteOh those tricky youngsters. If they are that clever though, perhaps this is a good sign that the future of our country is in good hands?
ReplyDeletehehehe, that's great. One smart kid in the entire class ^_^
ReplyDeleteGood grief. :P
ReplyDeleteassemblies are awesome! ;)
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